and every fifth digit is just put in an odd place

  • @PeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.ca
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    It is logarithmic size, it’s just the special case of log1. The implication being the higher the base, the more efficient the encoding.

    Edit: 1 is supposed to be subscript, but it’s not showing properly in my app. Idk what it looks like for others

    • @SorteKaninA
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      Log base 1 is undefined, no? It’s like division by zero.

      PS: it looks like subscript.